Phonograph system.



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9 Y also ma STATES PATENT FFE.

'tVl'LLAiVLR/YTEli AND JAMES PATTFN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PHONGGH'AFH SYSTEM'.

Specification of Lettersl Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907'.`

Application filed March 31,1905. Renewed March 7, 1907. Serial No. 361,146. i

To all whom t .in/(ty concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM PAfrrnN and JANE-s Ferran, hoth citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, (borough oi Manhattan) in the Y county of ift-ow York and State oi New York,

have invented a new and improved. Phonograph System, oi which the following is a i'ull, eicar, and exact description.

(iur invention relates to a novel system or `plant hy means ol'v which articulalr speech,

insic and other' sounds may he transmitted i'roin the usual phonograph or other talking machine record over an electrical circuit to a telephone .repioducer which. may he at any point distant from the phonograph or talking' machine.

Our invention involves a novel means hy which the person at the receiving end oi" the system may communicate with the operator at the talking machine end..

it also involves a coin controlled device for controlling this communication.

it further 'involves means for automatically making and breaking the talking circuit.

it also involves means for automatically throwing the coin controlled device out ol." action after the service for which the coin was paid has heen rendered.

The invention finally involves various other features of major or minor importance, all of which will he set forth hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the practical use of our invention a number ci talking machines and a number of telephone receivers are used. together for reasons which will be hereinafter fully set forth, `out for facilitating illustration We' have in the accompanying drawings illustrated only one talking machine and one receiver with its a ppu rten an t parts. Said draw- `ings show the preferred manner of arranging the system.

' Figure l represents a diagram showing the various circuits and the apparatus connected therewith; and F ig. 2 is a detail view showing the automatic-contacts for the conducting' and coin controlled device circuits.

Referring to Fig. l, l() indicates an annunciator which may he oi' any desired form. in connection with the annunciator a circuit making f .vice ll is employed, which device M he oi' any form desired. As here shown the annunciator hasten drops, and it'is connected .with the circuit making del l l l l l i l l vice l1 by means of ten circuits composed of a main conducttn' 12 and ten return conductors i4, any one of which may he connected with the main conductor l2 hy means oi the circuit making device il, as will hc'understood. lThe annunciator circuits are normally open, both. hy reason ci the normally open circuit making device ll and also hy reason of the legs 12 of the main circuit heing provided with separate contacts These contacts are entered into thc chute 1G of a coin controlled apparatus.

17 indi iates a stop which. is normally entered into the chute so as to arrest the movement of the coin through the chute when said coin engages thc contacts l5. Therefore, when a coin is inserted into thv chute the contacts l5 are connected andrpon the operation of the circuit making device l1 the annunciator l() may he operated.

The stop 17 is connected to a swinging arm 1R, and this in turn is engaged hy a spring 19 which'yieldingly holds the stop in position.

2O indicates an electro-magnet ior retracting the stop l?, and this magnet is intended to he energized 'from one oi' the legs l2*L ol the main conductor l2 hy means olI a conductor 2l. passing to the magnet or a conductor 22 which is returned to the main coinluctor l2 hy devices which will he described hereinafter.

23 indicates the horn or mandrel olE the phonograph or other talking machine, and 24 the carriage which moves along the mandrel, holding the stylus 25 ol the reproducer device 26 in position on the record of the phonograph.. The parts 23 and 2li are of the usual or any desired. construction, and the carriage 24 is provided with any desired means for automatically lifting the reproducer out of engagement with the record when thc reproduccr reaches the' end oi the record and automatically returning the carriage to the starting point. @These means are indicated in outiine at 27 in Fig. l.

Mounted on the hase of thc phonograph hy means of an arm 28 or any other desired dcvice, is a contact arm 2) which is insulated from the supporting arm as shown. This contact is in coi'lncction with theconductor 22, and coacting with the contact is a spring finger 30 mounted on or insulated from the carriage 24 of the phonograph, Said spring finger 3() is connected hy a conductor 31 with the main conductor 12 of the annuncia- IOO tor circuit. Virhen, therefore, the parts 29 and 30 are in contact the current will iow from the battery with which the main conductor 12 is connected to one of the legs 12a of said conductor, thence by the conductor 2l to the magnet 20, and from the magnet 20 by the conductor 22 to the conductor 29, and across by the finger 30 to the conductor 31 and back by'said condutorlto the main conductor L2.

The reproducer 26 may he oiany desired sort. It is'preierably, however, one which odors a resistance to the passage of the elecn vtrical current and which varies this resist ance so as to produce the electrical undulatlons corresponding to the sound wavesirnpressed on the record oi the phonograph. Said reprcduc'er 26 is included in the talking circuit, which comprises conductors 32 and 33 passing `from the reproducer.. The former conductor is in connection with a spring iinger 34 carried by or insulated from the carriage 24, and when the reprodncer is in active position said linger 34 runs along the under side of a conductor 'bar 85 which, as best shown in Fig. 2, is sustained by insulated supports 36'11isng from the base of the phonograph. A conductor 37 passes from the Contact bar 35, and this conductor, with the conductor 33, is in connection with a tele- .phone receiver 38 which may be of any form desired. When the reproducer 26 is moved down into engagement with the record of the phonograph and the operation of the phonograph begun, the hnger 34 will be moved up into contact with the bar 35 as shown, and the finger 3G will be raised to a position which will enable it to contact with the part 29 when said finger reaches a position opposite the part, as shown in Fig. 2. When the reproducer '26 is thrown up out of engagement with the 'record of the phonograph, the llinger 34 is dropped down ont of engagement with the conductor bar 35, and simultaneously the inger'BO is moved down to 'a plane below that of 'the contact 29, thus enabling the carriage of the phonograph, With the parts 3() and 34, to be returned un# obstructedly to the starting position.

v The operation of the system as a whole is as follows: A; person, whom for convenience We shall term a customer, desiring to hear the phonograph or talking machine, will insert a proper coin in the chute 16. rlhis coin will 'be arrested hy thenormally active stop 17, 'and said coinwill then electrically connect the legs 12 of the main conductor 12. The annunciator circuits are now closed lexcepting form-the circuit maker 11. The customer 'now presses down one or more of the tenbuttons on `the circuit maker 11, closing one or more of the annuncia-tor circuits and dropping certaingnumbers on' the annunciator.` Tlieoperator in charge at the phonograph end of the system isthus in' stecca.

formed by the annunciator what particular record the customer desires to hear. The operator then places the desired record on the phonograph cr talking machine, and presses the reproducer 26 down into position starting the operation of the machine.

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finger 34 engages the bar 35 and vcloses the' talking circuit, so that the customer with the telephone receiver 38 at hisear may hear at any distance the subject impressed .on the phonograph record. The carriage 42e runs along during the operation oi' the phonograph, and when the finger 3() reaches the contact 29 it rides over said contact, thus closing the coin controlled apparatus circuit so that the energized magnet 20 retracts vthe stop l7 and permits the coin to drop from the chute. This throws open .the annum ciator circuit and prevents the customer 'from further operating the'annunciator. A short time after when the'phonograph carriage reaches the end of its movement it is v invention is in a place of entertainment where.

a number-of receivers 38 with their appurtenant circuit makers 11 and coin controlled apparatus i6 will be provided. All of this apparatus will be placed in a room or rooms convenient for the purpose, and will be in circuit aiter the manner above described, with one or more annunciators and phonographs. A

A single operator will be placer in charge of the phonographs, and guided by the annunciators will be able to servi` a number of customers simultaneously. ltr will be observed that thc operator has only to insert the record into the machine and start tho operation of the. machine, the other operations being carried out autonmtically. le have not illustrated the device for lifting the reprodurer 26 from the record andreturning the same, for the reason that thc-se are not new with our invention and are commonly known inthe art.

Having thus described the preferred form of our invention, what we claim as new and ject impressed on the record of the talking l machine, a talking circuit including a receiver removed from the machine, a means for signaling rom the receiver to the talking machine, a'coin controlled device controlling said signaling means, and an electrical means including contacts automatically engaged upon the operation of the talking machine for. resetting the coin controlled device.

3. ln a talking machine system, the coin- 'bination oi a talking machine including a re- A)reducer capable of creating electrical undulatiens corresponding to the subject irnpressed on the record of the talking machine, a talking circuit including a receiver removed from the talking machine, an -electrical means for signaling from the receiver to the `talking machine, said signaling means includ ing an open ircuit, a coin controlled device comprising a cluite and stop adapted to hold the coin. into a position to` close said circuit of said signaling means, and devices operated upon the operation of the talking machine for retracting the stop from the coin chute to release the coin. 4

4. ln a talking machine system, the coni.- bination of a talking machine including a reproducer capable ol' creating electrical iindulations corresponding to the subject impressed upon the record of the talking machine,a talking circuit including a receiver removed from the machine, an. electrical means for signaling Vfrom the receiver to the talking machine, said means including an open circuit, a coin controlled device com coin in position to close said circuit ol' said signaling means, an electroemagnct adapted to retract the stop, and means'inchiiling a contact moving with the carriage of the talking machine, and also including a second f contact stationary with respect to the 'First contact whereby upon the operation of the machine automatically to energize said i magnet.

bination of a talking machine, including a reproducer capable of creating electrical undulations corresponding to the impression on the record of the talking machine, the talking circuit including a receiver removed from the talking machine, an electrical signal juxtaposed tothe talking machine, means for open ating the signal juxtaposed to the receiver, a coin controlled device commanding the circuit cf the signal to open or close the same, Vand means for automatically resetting said coin controlled device, said means being operated by the' talking machin ln testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribinff Witnesses. WILLIAM PATTEN.

JAlvIES Pi TTEN. TWitnesses z JNO. M. RITTER, ALBERT E. Far] prising a chute ands'ftop adapted to hold the 5l In a talking machine system, the coin-. 

